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Disney News Stories
October 2007

Ongoing Coverage: The Princess and the Frog News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/18/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pirates of the Caribbean - the film - (Movies)
Original Story: 11/3/2001   Most Recent Story: 11/17/2009

Ongoing Coverage: A Christmas Carol News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 7/31/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/17/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pooh Heirs Sue Disney Over Royaties - (General)
Original Story: 6/21/2000   Most Recent Story: 11/13/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Mary Poppins the Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/15/2006   Most Recent Story: 11/13/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/12/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar / Disney Up News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/11/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disneyland Coming to Shanghai? - (OD)
Original Story: 6/3/2002   Most Recent Story: 11/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: CARS News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 10/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Hannah Montana Phenomenon - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/10/2007   Most Recent Story: 10/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar / Disney Toy Story 3 News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 10/29/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Song of the South News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 10/27/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney and eBay sign auction deal - (Coll,General)
Original Story: 2/8/2000   Most Recent Story: 10/26/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Rapunzel News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 9/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Beverly Hills Chihuahua News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 8/31/2009

Ongoing Coverage: High School Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/15/2006   Most Recent Story: 8/17/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Little Mermaid the Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 8/14/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Cruise Line Adds Seven Day Cruise - (OD)
Original Story: 12/8/1999   Most Recent Story: 8/11/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disneyland Resort and City of Anaheim at Odds - (DL)
Original Story: 2/13/2007   Most Recent Story: 7/28/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Hong Kong Disneyland - (OD)
Original Story: 8/17/2000   Most Recent Story: 7/10/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Tarzan the Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/15/2006   Most Recent Story: 5/5/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Bolt News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/13/2007   Most Recent Story: 3/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar / Disney Film WALL-E News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 3/16/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Lilo & Stitch - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/16/2002   Most Recent Story: 3/3/2009

Ongoing Coverage: The Chronicles of Narnia News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 3/2/2004   Most Recent Story: 1/29/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Child Critically Injured on Cartoon Spin - (DL)
Original Story: 9/24/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/27/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Space Mountain Accident Injures Nine - (DL)
Original Story: 8/2/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Bedtime Stories News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 12/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Films Weekend Box Office Totals - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/24/2001   Most Recent Story: 12/10/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Sky High News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 9/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Acquires Muppets and Bear - (DL,WDW,OD,Movies,Coll,General)
Original Story: 2/17/2004   Most Recent Story: 9/22/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Gnomeo and Juliet - (Movies)
Original Story: 2/5/2004   Most Recent Story: 8/20/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Finding Nemo - (Movies)
Original Story: 5/13/2003   Most Recent Story: 8/18/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar's Negotiations With Disney - (Movies,General)
Original Story: 1/29/2004   Most Recent Story: 6/2/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Undateable News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/17/2007   Most Recent Story: 5/30/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Accidents at Disneyland - (DL)
Original Story: 12/21/2001   Most Recent Story: 5/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Big Thunder Mountain Kills 1, Injures 10 - (DL)
Original Story: 9/5/2003   Most Recent Story: 4/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Enchanted News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 4/4/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Ratatouille News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/15/2006   Most Recent Story: 3/25/2008

Ongoing Coverage: College Road Trip News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 7/31/2007   Most Recent Story: 3/7/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 3/3/2008

Ongoing Coverage: National Treasure - (Movies)
Original Story: 11/19/2004   Most Recent Story: 1/7/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Expansion Plans for Disney's California Adventure - (DL)
Original Story: 10/17/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/1/2007

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online Sets Sail - (DL) (10/31/2007)
Disney Online today announced that Pirates of the Caribbean Online (www.PiratesOnline.com), an immersive massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) and virtual world inspired by the popular film franchise, has launched for the PC and Mac platforms. Pirates of the Caribbean Online allows thousands of players to fully experience the adventures made famous in the films and explore beyond these boundaries in a quest to become the most legendary pirate on the high seas.

Hanesbrands Inc. and the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Announce Multiyear Strategic Marketing Alliance - (DL) (10/31/2007)

Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) today announced a 10-year strategic alliance that will tap into the marketing and product expertise of two of the world’s most trusted and recognized lineups of brands. The alliance includes basic apparel exclusivity for the Hanes and Champion brands, product co-branding, attraction sponsorships and other brand visibility and signage at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts properties. A giant Hanes concert T-shirt – 12 feet wide and 14 feet long – was unfurled at Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at Disney-MGM Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., to commemorate the occasion. During the event, Hanesbrands Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Noll explained that Hanes will be the presenting sponsor of the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, one of the park’s most popular attractions. Hanes will also have a customizable apparel venue in Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World Resort that will enable guests to design and personalize their own custom T-shirts and other items.

The Walt Disney Travel Company Introduces 2008 Vacation Packages - (DL) (10/30/2007)
Beginning January 3, 2008, a Disneyland Resort vacation booked through the Walt Disney Travel Company offers a variety of special benefits including the opportunity to enjoy the new Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage up to one hour before it opens to regular guests. On designated mornings, guests who have purchased a vacation package with a minimum three-day Park Hopper ticket can get an early start to their day with the Magic Morning program. Guests can join Nemo and his friends in a submarine adventure or experience other popular attractions in the adjacent Fantasyland including Peter Pan's Flight, Dumbo the Flying Elephant and King Arthur Carrousel. The Magic Morning program lets guests experience these attractions first, then spend the rest of the day exploring the park and going on adventures to exciting new places such as Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island.

Odyssey Marine Exploration and Walt Disney Pictures Team Up Online In ''The World’s Biggest Treasure Hunt'' - (DL) (10/30/2007)
Action, suspense, and the opportunity to win hundreds of thousands of dollars in authentic shipwreck treasure from Odyssey Marine Exploration, or even a brand new Mercedes-Benz, are attracting users everywhere to play “The World’s Biggest Treasure Hunt”. The online experience at www.disney.com/NationalTreasure is both a multi-week treasure hunt game and the official website for Walt Disney Pictures’ and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, in theatres everywhere December 21.

Disney Princess Video Games Now Available to Take Home This Holiday Season - (DL) (10/30/2007)
Dreams will come true for young girls this holiday season as Ariel, Cinderella, and the rest of the Disney Princesses embark on magical journeys in all-new video games from Disney Interactive Studios. Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey, now available for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and coming soon for Wii™ home video game system and PC, allows players to enter the worlds of some of their favorite Disney Princesses to restore order to their kingdoms. Within each world, players will learn about one of the four attributes of being a princess – courage, friendship, trust and discovery. In Disney Princess: Magical Jewels for Nintendo DS™, now available in stores, girls can play as any one of the Princesses in the game, collecting magical jewels to return power to the kingdoms. Both video games are made especially for girls between the ages of four and eight, featuring voice-over tutorials, easy-to-use controls and a pace that the players set themselves.

Disney Channel Ushers in the Holiday Season with Playhouse Disney's "Snow Day Saturday" on December 1 - (DL) (10/30/2007)
Disney Channel ushers in winter with a "Snow Day Saturday" featuring seasonal episodes throughout the Playhouse Disney programming block on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 (6:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET/PT), including new episodes of "My Friends Tigger & Pooh," "Johnny and the Sprites," and "Higglytown Heroes," as well as a new episode of popular short-form series "Lou and Lou: Safety Patrol."

The Grove Halloween Haunt - Halloween at the Grove in L.A. - (DL) (10/30/2007)
On Wednesday, October 31 Join in a Host of Halloween Activities, Anchored by A Magical Replica of Disney's The Black Pearl from Pirates of the Caribbean!

Snow Blankets Sleeping Beauty Castle, Creating New Look For The Holidays At Disneyland Resort - (DL) (10/29/2007)
New enchantment arrives in Disneyland as the holiday season finds “Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle” covered in freshly fallen snow. With its exciting new look, the Castle will serve as a shimmering centerpiece for a daytime holiday celebration, and as a snow-capped stage for the new music, lighting and special effects that will precede the legendary “Believe ... in Holiday Magic” nighttime fireworks spectacular.

Disney’s Environmentality Challenge Encourages Hong Kong Students To Put Green Ideas Into Action - (DL) (10/29/2007)
Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) and the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) celebrated the 5th Anniversary of Disney’s Environmentality Challenge (DEC) by hosting a Environmentality Pledge Signing Ceremony at Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel this afternoon. The Ceremony was officiated by Dave Vermeulen, Vice President of Resort Operations of Hong Kong Disneyland, Vincent Tang, Assistant Director (Nature Conservation and Infrastructure Planning) of Environmental Protection Department and young local artist Alex Fong.

The Number One Kids Video Game Brand from 2006 Returns in Disney/Pixar’s Cars: Mater-National from THQ - (DL) (10/29/2007)
THQ Inc. today announced that Cars: Mater-National for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™ and Windows PC has begun shipping to retailers throughout North America. Additional versions for the Wii™ video game console and Game Boy® Advance are scheduled to release in November.

THQ Keeps Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille Cooking Through the Holidays with New Video Game Releases - (DL) (10/25/2007)

THQ Inc. today announced the release of the Ratatouille video game for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The title marks THQ’s first Disney/Pixar release for the PLAYSTATION 3 system, following the company’s highly successful summer launch of Ratatouille games across 11 different systems including the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Nintendo’s Wii™ home video game system, Nintendo GameCube™, Game Boy® Advance, Nintendo DS™, Windows PC and Mac, as well as wireless devices.